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| View Larger Image | Body After Baby: A Simple, Healthy Plan to Lose Your Baby Weight Fast
by Jackie Keller
| | List Price: | $24.95 | | Price: | $6.99 | | You Save: | $17.96 (72%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 477321 | | Studio: | Avery | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Number Of Pages: | 352 | | Publication Date: | May 04, 2006 | | Publisher: | Avery |
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Product Description
Getting back into shape can help mothers of newborns feel good about themselves after pregnancy-and give them the energy they need to get through their busy days. In Body After Baby, Jackie Keller, a celebrity nutrition and health coach and the founder of NutriFit, offers a simple eating and workout program guaranteed to help every mom lose the extra weight after her baby is born. With meal plans and more than one hundred delicious recipes high in vitamin-rich "superfuel foods," Keller provides:
- easy and safe daily workouts to do in 10 minutes or less
- helpful weekly shopping lists and label-reading tips
- fun and simple movements that mother and baby can do together
Easy-to-use for even the busiest mothers, Body After Baby will not only help moms get back into those favorite jeans, but it will also reduce their stress and give them more time and energy to spend with their new baby. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 21 reviews)
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This is the one! 
My wife and I picked this book up towards the end of her pregancy when a good friend of ours reccomended it and let me tell you, it was wonderful! This was nothing short of a health and nutrition Bible for new Moms. It's got exercises, great tips and lots of recipes that will help Mom get back in shape and feeling and looking great in no time. The best part is, Jackie's plan is nutritionally sound and well laid out so, not only did the pounds come off of both of us but, we were also getting the right nutrition which, as our doctor reminded us, is especially important for moms who are breast feeding.
Many of the excercises can be done with Mom and baby together which is a great opportunity for them to bond, and they can be done at home. My favorite part however was the food. My wife and I had been talking about improving our nutrition and eating right for years and if we'd had this book we'd have done it sooner. I never, not in a million years, imagined eating right could be this delicious! This book is packed with recipes that are perfect for the entire family, including finnicky eaters, and we both learned how to eat healthy and maintain a healthy weight! We've started giving this book as a gift to friends and family when they have kids and tell them that they "just have to read it" and everyone has loved it. Thank you Jackie for this book!
August 26, 2008 | |
Didn't work for me 
First let me say that many of the recipes in this book are FANTASTIC! For that reason I am glad I bought the book. But as a weight-loss plan it did not work for me. (also, it was hard to do THAT MUCH cooking every day, with a brand-new baby). In the first two weeks after my baby was born, I lost 20 lbs without doing anything special. Then I started trying this weight-loss plan. I loved the recipes but it did not let me eat enough. I am 6 feet tall so I naturally need more calories than the average girl, and I was always thinking about food. To make matters worse, after 4 weeks of following this plan (with some slip-ups, I admit - I found myself craving carbs like crazy!) my weight was the same as it was at 2 weeks postpartum. Then I started my own plan: keep on exercising as I feel ready, but eat as much fruits and vegetables as I can (some of my meals still include her recipes). I made a goal to eat 10 to 15 servings of fruits and veggies each day. After 7 days of doing this, I lost 3 lbs, and I am not craving carbs. In fact, I find myself craving things like oranges and strawberries rather than chocolate and ice cream. Now I feel like I can start to continue my weight loss where I left off at 2 weeks.
June 04, 2008 | |
It works but it takes some effort 
I followed this program after the birth of my second son with the goal of losing 25-30 pounds in a few short months (before a trip to Hawaii). It worked and I didn't even follow the plan 100% of the time. While the shopping and meal preparations do take time, and often the quantity leaves you with leftovers that you can't consume (because you need to follow the next day's menu), it does work. I plan on using this plan to lose all my baby weight from my third baby. If you are willing to put in some effort with the meal preparations it does pay off, plus the recipes are really good. I would definitely recommend this book to all new moms with the above caveat.
March 02, 2008 | |
Expensive diet plan 
I was not fully staisfied with this book because the food required for the diet is expensive and hard to find. For a lot of the food you would need to go to a health food store because a regular store doesn't carry the items. I'm sure the diet would work, but you would have to have the funds to complete it.
February 24, 2008 | |
It works, but takes will power
I am a mom of 5. I run our homeschool and 2 part time businesses from home. This is my second time to try the program. My baby is almost 3 weeks old. The first time I used the book was when my 4th baby had just turned one. The first time I only lasted 1 week. I lost 2 pounds that week, but after that we had a lot of get togethers where I needed to eat what was served me and I didn't know how to make it fit in with the book. I was a little disappointed with how expensive it was to cook the recipes and I also discovered I don't like tofu. This time, I've made some minor substitutions that don't affect the calorie count or nutrition facts much, but make it a lot less expensive (such as using mixed nuts instead of buying lots of different nuts singly and substituting frozen berries for fresh) I also made notes to myself of what I liked and didn't like so I could tweak the recipes a bit. Jackie has introduced me to a lot of new foods (like Kale) that I really love.
I did a calorie analysis of the menus and found that they average 1700 calories a day. This is about 1000 calories less than I would need to maintain my current weight, so I am expecting a 2 pound a week weight loss. Now when I must eat away from home, I can estimate what I can eat and stay under my 1700 calorie daily allotment.
The book recommends starting the program the day after baby is born, but I can't see how a mother could start fixing the menus before the baby is 2 weeks old. That is when I started the program this time. The exercises are easy but effective and build gradually each day. The shopping list in the book was helpful but missing some ingredients. Double check yoru recipes before heading to the store. I am finding myself hungry at times and it's really hard for me not to clean my kid's plates when they are done, lol.
I am 5'6" and weigh 160 pounds (gained 45 pounds this pregnancy and had a 9 pound baby!). I have 30 pounds to lose and am hoping I can stick with this program this time. It is well thought out and very detailed. I appreciate the work Jackie put into it.
October 25, 2007 | |
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